§ *SIR CHARLES DILKEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the prosecution, on 18th June, of Messrs. Ritchie, a firm of jute manufacturers at Stratford, for neglecting to provide a fan, as directed by the inspector, to prevent the inhalation of impure dust, and to the remarks of the magistrate on the necessity of proving in each case injury to health; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter.
§ *SIR M. WHITE RIDLEYThe case to which the right hon. Baronet refers has engaged the special attention of the Home Office. The magistrate, in giving his decision, agreed to state a case on the question of law, and I at once gave instructions for the necessary steps to be taken to carry the matter to the High Court.